London: the Shard and St. Paul’s
I’d never seen the two buildings from this angle, from a position just north of King’s Cross.
new and ongoing theatrical movie releases, US/Can/UK, from Sep 02-04
A simple listing, duplicated from the homepage, of new theatrical releases and other films currently playing.
2015’s films ranked
I rank films on the fly as I see them during the 2015 awards year. [The ranking is available only to subscribers until the end of the year, when it will be free for all to view.]
from Facebook: why is Sony protecting the NFL?
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from Facebook: Calamityware
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from Facebook: the Hannibal gag reel disturbs me
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Where Are the Women? Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Women here are mothers, “hot” girls, or are dying of a cancer that isn’t even her own story: it serves only as a life lesson for the male protagonist.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl movie review: sick of it
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl gets sick, but she can still inspire a man to better himself, while also adding a dash of repugnant narcissism to the subgenre.
from Facebook: Kirk and Spock in the 21st century
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from Facebook: female gamers of the ancient world
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Where Are the Women? American Ultra
An unambitious slacker stoner dude who gets unquestioning support to a saintly degree from a perfect girlfriend? Check. *yawn*
American Ultra movie review: Bourne to lose
It’s one joke dragged out for 90 minutes, and while it’s not entirely unamusing, the comedy feels mired in the same stoner fog as its slacker protagonist.
London photo: angry graffiti
In Holborn.
Where Are the Women? 2015 ranking
An ongoing ranking 2015’s films for their representation of girls and women. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Where Are the Women? The Transporter Refuelled
Appears to believe that if you put a gun in a woman’s hand, it’s not exploitive to also treat her like a sex toy and a decorative object.
The Transporter Refuelled movie review: infuriating road
There isn’t a single level on which this crass reboot operates that isn’t a disaster. There is all sorts of stupid at work here, and all sorts of offensive.
new and ongoing dvd & streaming releases, US/Can/UK, from Aug 31-Sep 01
A simple listing, duplicated from the homepage, of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Hannibal: the thrill is the terror, and the terror is the thrill
Perverse. Completely perverse. And completely seductive. Do I love it, or is it evil? Is it a wrong thing if it’s both?
from Facebook: now I am even more excited for The Martian
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from Facebook: this is why more women need to make movies
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from Facebook: Tom Baker does Star Wars
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from Facebook: super Girl Scouts meet Supergirl
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from Facebook: today’s journalmalism
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London photo: many mugs
I presume that this is the precise spot where the builders of that cinderblock monstrosity in the background took their tea break.
from Facebook: “SJWs Always Lie”
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from Facebook: celebrity wisdom
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from Facebook: what we should actually be calling the Bechdel Test
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from Facebook: SJW propaganda has arrived
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from Facebook: sexism in cell phone advertising
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Where Are the Women? Hitman: Agent 47
If only the (male) director had resisted treating the female coprotagonist as a decorative object, this movie could have remained in the green.
Hitman: Agent 47 movie review: kill it
Even dumb SF action needs a certain grounding in plausible reality. But nothing here makes a damn bit of sense.
Where Are the Women? Barely Lethal
A teenaged girl gets to be smart and strong, lost and confused, heroic and vulnerable as she chases what she wants out of life. Hooray.
Barely Lethal movie review: hidden in plain sight
Charming and funny, a wonderfully sweet and silly mashup of spy stuff and high-school comedies, like if John Hughes made a James Bond movie.
London photo: horse encounter
At Heathfield in Croydon.
from Facebook: on man pain and Ant-Man
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from Facebook: why the manchild movie needs to die
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from Facebook: how to do “princess“
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Where Are the Women? Straight Outta Compton
Women make only brief appearances, most frequently as anonymous sexual playthings for men, rewards for their success and fame.
Straight Outta Compton movie review: men’s anger, but only when it makes them righteous
The seething rage radiating from the screen elevates this above similar movies. But that rage is truncated in ways that are hard to ignore.
London photo: the rolling hills…
…of Croydon.
from Facebook: Benedict Cumberbatch’s mom raves about his Hamlet
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from Facebook: why did American Ultra flop in the US?
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from Facebook: college students who refuse to read books
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Where Are the Women? We Are Your Friends
Oh, there are lots of women onscreen. They are silent, and gyrate slowly at poolside or stripper-pole-side…
We Are Your Friends movie review: straight outta the Valley
Not so much a movie as an advertisement for a soft drink or tampons or sneakers or a cell phone for fresh! active! fun! young! people.
from Facebook: how the weather influences art
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from Facebook: the real reason women don’t direct action movies
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London photo: so many greens
Every color here comes under the banner of “green,” yet they’re all so very different. And beautiful.
from Facebook: your daily reminder of how women are reduced to body parts
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from Facebook: yes, the creative apocalypse is still on
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